The son and grandson of immigrants( his father was Hungarian, his maternal grandfather a Jew from Salonica), he advocated affirmative action to build ladders out of the banlieues.

• 作为移民的儿子和孙子（的父亲是匈牙利人，他的外祖父是来自萨落尼卡的犹太人）他支持反歧视运动，以使得人们有机会从贫民区走出来。